Originally Posted by CALFO

How was this anomaly, as you put it, to be fixed? UAL did not have a single narrowbody on order at the time of this merger.

The only "fix" that UAL had in place at the time was through alliances and outsourcing. This outsourcing was not only of RJ's but widebodies as well.

That aside, I agree with you that career expectations should be part of the equation. I believe that the UAL pilots career expectations have been enhanced in this merger. While the WB Capt seat may be further away, the route to getting there now goes through many more years of being a NB Capt rather than a WB/NB FO.

That's my opinion and I really don't have the data to back it up. Let's wait and see what the merger committees present sometime in the future.